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William Brouncker, 2º Visconde Brouncker, PRS ( 1620 — 5 de abril de 1684) foi um matemático inglês. Brouncker adquiriu o doutorado pela Universidade de Oxford em 1647. Foi um dos fundadores da Royal Society e o seu segundo presidente. Foi também chanceler da rainha Catarina de Bragança em 1662 .
William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker FRS (c. 1620 – 5 April 1684) was an Anglo-Irish peer and mathematician who served as the president of the Royal Society from 1662 to 1677. Best known for introducing Brouncker's formula, he also worked as a civil servant, serving as a commissioner in the Royal Navy.
Born. 1620. Castlelyons (N of Cork), Ireland. Died. 5 April 1684. Westminster. London, England. Summary. William Brouncker was an Irish mathematician who was a founder and the first president of the Royal Society of London. He worked on continued fractions and calculated logarithms by infinite series. View four larger pictures. Biography.
Overview. William Brouncker. (c. 1620—1684) mathematician and first president of the Royal Society of London. Quick Reference. (1620–1685) English mathematician and experimental scientist. Brouncker graduated from Oxford University in 1647 with a degree in medicine.
Contents. William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. British scientist. Learn about this topic in these articles: Royal Society. In Royal Society. …courtiers Sir Robert Moray and William, 2nd Viscount Brouncker. (Brouncker was to become the Royal Society’s first president.)
William Brouncker (ca. 1620–1684) was the inaugural President of The Royal Society, and John Wallis (1616–1703) one of its founder members. The two collaborated closely during the 1650s on some original and unusual mathematics, but while Wallis acquired a lasting reputation, Brouncker's work is no longer well known.
Abstract. The lack of a definitive study of the life of Lord Brouncker, a spiteful remark of Pepys so often quoted against him (1), and possible confusion with his less reputable brother Henry (2), all combine to prompt an intriguing question.
